Tag: Sami
Sami suspend demonstrations after meeting with king and crown prince
Sami demonstrators have dismantled their camps in downtown Oslo and suspended their protests over wind turbines on their land, at least for now. After...
Protesters win meeting with the king
Norway's indigenous Sami people continue their protests against the Norwegian government's decision to allow wind turbines on Sami grazing land. They blocked entrances to...
Protesters removed from Parliament
Demonstrators protesting the Norwegian government's refusal to remove wind turbines from Sami grazing land ended up being forcibly removed themselves, from their sit-in at...
Demonstrators block streets, occupy Parliament to secure Sami human rights
Sami and environmental activists set off a new round of demonstrations in Oslo on Wednesday, part of an ongoing effort to secure their human...
Sparks fly over electrification plans
NEWS ANALYSIS: As storms blamed on climate change continued to ravage Southern Norway this week, top government officials were in sunny Northern Norway to...
State snubs Sami again, protests loom
The Norwegian government has once again snubbed and angered the country's indigenous Sami population, by dragging out any program to reduce or remove wind...
No plans to take down turbines
A majority of Trøndelag residents want to let controversial wind turbines in the Fosen area keep operating, but only if the rights of Sami...
Støre and his party now in ‘deep crisis’
NEWS ANALYSIS: Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre walked into the proverbial lion's den on Thursday, when he addressed the Sami Parliament in Karasjok just...
Harassment and death threats have followed wind power protests
The president of the Sami Parliament, other top politicians and many of those demonstrating last week against wind turbines on Sami land in Norway...
Wind turbines’ future still up in the air
Sami and environmental activists ended their blockades of several Norwegian government ministries on Friday, after securing official promises that huge turbines generating wind power...
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